Have You Been Naughty or Nice at Work This Year? Just like Santa is busy checking his list to see who has been naughty or nice, now is the perfect time to review your career over the last year and list out where you've been naughty and nice. Well, maybe not "naughty" and "nice," but, […]
Handling Difficult Interview Questions During Your Software Job Search We've all heard the advice to be prepared for any interview question that comes your way—but let's be honest, we can't think through every question that could be asked. That said, we should at least give some thought to the questions that are likely to come […]
Modern JavaScript TypeScript How far we’ve come! Back in the day, JavaScript was the nightmare language that no one wanted to use—partly due to its quirks and mostly due to terrible competing browser ecosystems. It got better with JQuery, which fixed the latter problem by making it easier to access the browser's DOM in a […]
My Wife's Strange Habit Early into my marriage, I noticed that my wife had an unusual habit. Whenever we received a gift, had been a guest at another’s home, etc., she would send a “thank you” card. I took particular notice that she would even send one after a job interview. I thought it a […]
Stout Systems Development, recognized as one of the top Custom Software Development Firms of 2019, is pleased to announce its upcoming seminars on conducting a software health check-up targeted to help business owners improve their software planning.
For a career changer, landing that first job in technology can be a challenge. That having been acknowledged, career changers may have some assets that they don’t realize they can capitalize on. Industry or Line of Business Expertise For many people who have been doing the same thing career-wise for a long time, they’re just […]
A big challenge facing a career changer is how to get a hiring manager to take a chance on you. Let’s assume that you have already taken steps to become eligible for your new career, such as getting trained or certified. Now it’s about telling your story in such a way that the hiring manager […]
After more than two decades in the technical recruiting game, Stout Systems has learned a thing or two about how to help people find jobs. We are often invited to take our show on the road—presenting seminars at colleges, universities, user group meetings and the like. At just about every seminar we present, we meet […]
Ann Arbor and Farmington Hills, MI – Stout Systems Development, recognized as one of the top Custom Software Development Firms of 2019, is pleased to announce its upcoming seminars on task estimating targeted to help developers improve their software estimation skills. This seminar debuted at CodeMash 2019 to a full house of attendees on the last day […]
In Part 1 of this series, the topic of merge bugs was introduced. Merge bugs are the result of changes in multiple branches that don't result in conflicts, but when the two changes are merged together the result is not consistent with the intent of either modification. In Part 1, the following process was suggested […]